Anna and Anthea from Germany

Yesterday we said goodbye to Anna and Anthea, both Year 11 girls who joined us from Germany for terms 3 and 4.
They have both embraced the Kiwi way of life with passion, have made many new friends, and experienced some new challenges like surfing, preparing and laying a Hangi and performing a Maori song and dance in front of homestay families and friends from many schools.
We will miss these girls and look forward to hearing of their future endeavours.

Film review - Moana

Film review from Year 11 German student - Anthea Tillmann

Film review – Moana 04/12/2018
I watched today the Disney-animated film “Moana”. It’s a film from the year 2016, 107 minutes long and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. The theme song is “How far I’ll go” by Auli’i Cravalho and by Alessia Cara.
The film tells the story about Moana, who lives on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. She is the daughter of the chief of the village. When she was a very young girl, her grandma told her the story about a legendary demigod, Maui, who stole thousands of years ago the heart of a Te Fiti, a goddess who keeps the ocean alive. Moana became the chosen one who should bring the heart of the ocean back. She got it from her grandma. When she was stranded after a storm on a lonely island, she met the missing demigod Maui. Who helped her to bring it back. They made it and the islands stopped dying.
It is a very cute film, a family film. We learned about the culture with is a little bit similar to the Maori one. There are funny scenes but sad ones as well.
Summarised: It’s a good film, worth to watch it.

Anthea Tillmann

Tawhiti Museum

On Friday the 30^th November two of the international girls from NP Girls High and me drove to Hawera to visit the Tawhiti Museum. After we arrived the first thing we did was to go on a boat ride to see how life was like in Taranaki before the English settlers arrived. It was really interesting to see the conflicts between the different tribes and it was great to see how much effort the owner put into such an amazing boat ride. After we finished the boat ride we went off and had a look at all the old tractors that the owner collected. It was really interesting to see all the different stories behind the tractors and how tractors changed during the 20^thcentury. 

After that we went to see a different part of the exhibition: The history of Taranaki presented in a series of super realistic and engaging displays. The museum uses life size figures and scale models to present the heritage of Taranaki which makes it unique. The little figures are so fascinating and even all the little details are shown. It was amazing to read all the stories behind the displays and see the connection between an artist during the war and the displays. I can definitely speak for all of us and say that it was a great experience and we all learned more about the history of Taranaki, which is our home right now. 

Anna Zumegen - Year 11